Bogor Regency Government Disburses IDR 4.4 Billion BTT For Burned Leuwiliang Market TPS

Regional Secretary (Sekda) of Bogor Regency Burhanudin/ ANTARA/M Fikri Setiawan

BOGOR - Bogor Regency Government (Pemkab), West Java disbursed an Unexpected Expenditure Budget Post (BTT) worth IDR 4.4 billion to build temporary shelters (TPS) for Leuwiliang Market traders whose stalls were burned to the ground.

The Regional Secretary (Sekda) of Bogor Regency, Burhanudin, explained that the budget will be used by the Trade and Industry Office (Disdagin) to build 1,033 polling stations.

"It has been disbursed and starting today Disdagin has built 1,033 stalls for traders," said Burhan as quoted by ANTARA, Monday, October 23.

He emphasized that the construction of 1,033 polling stations at Leuwiliang Market can be completed within the next 30 days, so that traders affected by the fire can immediately return to selling.

The President Director of the Regional Public Company (Perumda) Pasar Tohaga Harris Setiawan explained that the location of the Leuwiliang Market TPS is on Ring Road in Leuwiliang Market. He believes that this location is the best place to accommodate traders temporarily.

"The location of the Leuwiliang Market TPS is on Ring Road which is currently in the market (parking area)," said Harris.

The fire incident in the hundreds of stalls of food, fruit and clothing traders at Leuwiliang Market was reported to have occurred from Wednesday (27/9) at around 20.00 WIB to Thursday at 13.00 WIB.

Based on data from the Bogor Regency Disdagin, of the 590 kiosks in Leuwiliang Market, 550 of them were burned down. Then, from the loss of 641 stalls, 580 stalls of which were also burned.

Not only that, the fire that lasted more than 12 hours also scorched 450 stalls and 35 stalls of street vendors (PKL).